Cross-border exchange of information on road safety related traffic offences

The Committee on Transport and Tourism adopted the report by Inés AYALA SENDER (S&D, ES) on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on facilitating cross-border exchange of information on road safety related traffic offences.

The committee recommended that the European Parliament position adopted at first reading following the ordinary legislative procedure should amend the Commission proposal as follows:

Data protection: Members proposed the addition of a new recital which includes the clarifications made by the Council and the suggestion made by the European Data Protection Supervisor. It aims to clarify the new data protection arrangements that need to be applied in respect of the offences covered by this Directive.

United Kingdom, Ireland and Denmark: an amendment aims to extend by one year (until 6 May 2016 instead of 6 May 2015) the deadline granted to these three Member States in order to transpose the Directive into national legislation.